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Conservative leaders are very likely to only cynically perform their supposed values. For money.

People that authentically hold conservative values work differently. I suspect that the lower divorce rate among this cohort has a lot to do with another statistic: that 65-70% of divorces are initiated by women. Conservative values would seem to inhibit a woman from initiating divorce, resulting in a lower rate.

also: this article is poorly thought out junk top to bottom, imo.

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I have very rarely known anyone who authentically holds conservative values (or liberal ones!) when it’s very inconvenient for them. I’ve known a lot of people who pretend too though, but maybe that’s selection bias.

The whole ‘abortions for me, not for thee’ situation plays out a lot for instance. And the highest porn use areas have always been conservative from what I can tell.

The article is junk. But the data lines up with other sources I found.

It’s just inconvenient for the narrative.